'Let Us Love, and
Sing, and Wonder'
The title of this
hymn tells it all. It's a call to love, sing and wonder. And our author gave a
stanza to each of those three. The call to love is the focus of the second
stanza, singing the third, and wonder the fourth. I'd like to mention some
things about wonder.
When the hymn writer
calls us to wonder, he is calling us to be amazed. He wants us to consider what
our God has done. It's when we pause to do that that we find ourselves amazed.
We could ponder creation and come away amazed at the grandeur of it all. But
our author points us to something else. He points us to aspects of the Gospel.
So, he tells us, 'Think about what God's justice requires of sinners like us.
Consider what it would take for any of us to satisfy those requirements. Then,
take a look at what Christ's blood has done.' Wonder.
Take some time to be
amazed by considering some aspect of the Gospel of the grace of God for us
sinners.
Let us love and sing
and wonder,
Let us praise the
Savior’s name!
He has hushed the
law’s loud thunder,
He has quenched
Mount Sinai’s flame.
He has washed us
with His blood,
He has brought us
nigh to God.
Let us love the Lord
who bought us,
Pitied us when
enemies,
Called us by His
grace, and taught us,
Gave us ears and
gave us eyes:
He has washed us
with His blood,
He presents our
souls to God.
Let us sing, though
fierce temptation
Threaten hard to
bear us down!
For the Lord, our
strong salvation,
Holds in view the
conqueror’s crown:
He who washed us
with His blood
Soon will bring us
home to God.
Let us wonder, grace
and justice
Join and point to
mercy’s store;
When through grace
in Christ our trust is,
Justice smiles and
asks no more:
He who washed us
with His blood
Has secured our way
to God.
Let us praise, and
join the chorus
Of the saints
enthroned on high;
Here they trusted
Him before us,
Now their praises
fill the sky:
Thou hast washed us
with Your blood;
Thou art worthy,
Lamb of God!
